So Gamesindustry.biz recently sat down with Digital Foundry Director Richard Leadbetter to discuss the state of PC and console gaming, with Leadbetter citing a “reputable source” claiming the PS4 is ‘essentially a PC.’ Here’s an excerpt from the interview expanding the theory:
“I recently heard from a reputable source that the forthcoming Sony console is ‘essentially a PC’ in terms of its technological make-up and in this sense, an AMD collaboration on the CPU holds many attractions – for the first time since the launch of the original Xbox, we could well be seeing an x86 processor in a console. It may be hard to imagine that the company that brought us the Cell would be embracing PC tech so wholeheartedly, but a look at the make-up of Vita suggests a fundamental shift in the way Sony builds its consoles in the wake of Ken Kutaragi’s departure.”
A rumor earlier this week had Sony doing away with the Cell architecture, so the thought of a PC-like console doesn’t seem so far off. Can Sony pull it off?
